tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:03:27 +0000Comic book uk adahamiya zeyad kasim#Iraq Occasional News and comments on the situation in Post-Saddam Iraq by an Iraqi-American living in Texashttp://healingiraq.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)Blogger769125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-8407063007530871728Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:40:00 +00002015-03-17T04:40:06.544+03:00Horrific lynching vid from Kadhimiya Hospital in Baghdad (graphic)
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No one agrees on who this unfortunate man was, but apparently the crowd of attackers, visitors, policeman and hospital staff among them, seem to know for sure. Some say he was a Sunni refugee from Tikrit or the town of Al-Bu Ajil who was snitched by one of the janitors at the hospital. Others say he was an IS member caught and brought to http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/03/horrific-lynching-vid-from-kadhimiya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-4665251062405815030Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:57:00 +00002015-03-15T13:40:17.057+03:00Iraqi government militias burning corpses (graphic vid)
The Iraqi government's Iranian-led Shi'te militiamen continue to liberate Sunnis in Tikrit from #IS, by burning their corpses (?) (FB video). It's unclear who this man was or what he did, definitely not a mercenary pilot who's job is to kill and topple roofs over people's heads from high above in the sky, but what's clear is that the world will pretend not to notice these ongoing crimes against http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/03/iraqi-government-militias-burning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-8049678560939288570Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:31:00 +00002015-03-10T22:19:54.182+03:00Shi'ite Militias burn Al-Bu Ajil town to the ground (video)
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As expected. (Facebook video link). The whole town and surrounding orchards and properties east of Tikrit 'liberated' by the Iraqi government's Iranian-backed militias by being burned to the ground in a scorched earth revenge policy. No pretenses about it. Another Sunni town of 40 thousand people in central Iraq wiped off the map.
who's this guy?
Shi'ite http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/03/shiite-militias-burn-al-bu-ajil-town-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-6658403439343972932Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:36:00 +00002015-03-02T12:41:31.188+03:00TikritThe Iraqi state with today's military operation in Tikrit has openly sanctioned tribal and sectarian warfare rather than the usual pretext to 'liberate' and reestablish order in ISIS-controlled areas in the Salah ad-Din governorate north of Samarra. Two Shi'ite politicians appeared on state television, Hadi al-Amiri (leader of the Badr Brigade and 'Popular Mobilization' Shi'ite militias) was http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/03/tikrit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-7892143518761805352Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:59:00 +00002015-01-31T06:31:25.180+03:00Peshmerga and Yazidi militias parade with mutilated bodiesThose cuddly Kurdish Peshmerga fighters the West loves, and, of course, the poor victimized peacock worshipping Yazidis, who unleashed a campaign of looting, rape, murder, and destruction of property at Arab villages surrounding Sinjar, which are, incidentally, inhabited by my ancestral tribe, the Jihaish. I'll wait patiently for the next round of payback, which will definitely come around.http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/01/peshmerga-and-yazidi-militias-parade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-219533329380161512Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:35:00 +00002015-01-30T04:35:03.939+03:00The Shia ISIS in DiyalaFrom Diyala governorate where a campaign of sectarian cleansing is still ongoing, Iraqi government sanctioned Shite militias (called the Popular Committees) make no secret of their (ISIS-y?) tendencies eitherhttp://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-shia-isis-in-diyala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-1283845574704028705Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:49:00 +00002015-01-29T12:49:22.739+03:00Barwana
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Black and brown uniforms suggested some were affiliated with Shi'ite militias and government security forces; others appeared to be civilians.
They dragged residents up to age 70 from their homes, beating and cursing them with sectarian slurs, Abu Omar told Reuters by phone.
He said the fighters took the men's mobiles and ID cards, then bound their hands, tying http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2015/01/barwana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-4571939262554131843Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:02:00 +00002014-12-30T13:02:26.265+03:00Middle East: 2014 Year in Review
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This was the year of the unthinkable.
American, Iranian and Syrian warplanes in the same airspace, bombing a common enemy — an enemy that used U.S.-supplied tanks and guns to overrun a Middle Eastern army and take a major city in a matter of days.
This was the year ISIS burst into life as the region's most feared killing machine and rubbed out borders that were drawn http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/middle-east-2014-year-in-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-7777065372070628416Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:52:00 +00002014-12-22T00:52:40.800+03:00
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US aircraft carried out 13 airstrikes in Iraq: in Mosul, Sinjar, Talafar, Baiji, Ramadi, Rutba, & 3 airstrikes in Kobani, Syria last 24 hrs
— ☡eyad Kasem ☝☪ زياد (@ZeyadKasim) December 21, 2014
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-6303349306718972537Mon, 08 Dec 2014 07:26:00 +00002015-01-11T07:33:13.163+03:00Shite Hizbullah Brigades in Diyala (graphic vid)
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Members of the Shite Hizbullah Brigades (Iraq branch) parading with decapitated heads of their Sunni victims in 'liberated' areas of Diyala, while joking and chanting sectarian slogans. These are the 'good guys' in Iraq, according to Uncle Sam, and his current bedfellows (we'll see how long that lasts). These are the criminals Uncle Sam wants to force the Sunnis of Iraqhttp://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/shite-hizbullah-brigades-in-diyala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-3095148500340903518Sun, 07 Dec 2014 04:34:00 +00002014-12-07T07:34:20.110+03:00Meanwhile, in Fallujah
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While the Shite-Iranian 'army' and its paramilitary goons are blowing up empty Sunni property in Diyala, Sunni rebels are using their own US-supplied equipment to mop up their remains in Fallujah after a failed offensive from three directions yesterday
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/meanwhile-in-fallujah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-5590504658958313671Sun, 07 Dec 2014 04:28:00 +00002015-01-11T07:33:33.988+03:00US A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft in Anbar (video)
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US A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft bombing the vicinity of Rawa in Anbar, west of Baghdad.
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-10-thunderbolt-aircraft-in-anbar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-6804178731617907676Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:17:00 +00002014-12-04T00:17:05.324+03:00
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US carried out 11 airstrikes today in Mosul, Sinjar, Tal Afar, Hit, Ramadi, Fallujah, & al-Qa'im, and another 14 airstrikes in Kobane, Syria
— ☡eyad Kasem ☝☪ زياد (@ZeyadKasim) December 3, 2014
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-7593947369552450881Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:46:00 +00002014-12-03T22:46:11.525+03:00The Iraq-Iranian Shi'ite Army
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Formerly known as the Iraqi National Army, currently the Shi'ite Iraqi-Iranian Army, complete with Khamene'i and Khomeini posters. This is the legacy of the US-trained Iraqi Army since '03. And with the Iranian Air Force now also taking part in the global 'bomb-a-Sunni-Arab-village' campaign, as admitted by the US yesterday, in addition to their pilots flying Iraqi Air http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-iraq-iranian-shiite-army.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-4659375311942858169Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:31:00 +00002014-12-02T21:31:08.076+03:00Absolute impunity, Shite Militia Rule in Iraq (Amnesty International)
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In recent months, Shi’a militias have been abducting and killing Sunni civilian men in Baghdad and around the country. These militias, often armed and backed by the government of Iraq, continue to operate with varying degrees of cooperation from government forces – ranging from tacit consent to coordinated, or even joint, operations. Amnesty International holds thehttp://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/absolute-impunity-shite-militia-rule-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-449877327998114968Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:20:00 +00002015-01-11T07:33:51.266+03:00Kobane
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Rebel tanks cleaning up the remnants of PKK and Peshmerga from Ain al-'Arab
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/kobane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-2594336441756026440Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:47:00 +00002014-11-29T21:47:50.196+03:00US Aircraft over Mosul
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A US F-18 flying at low altitude over Mosul, from yesterday.
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/us-aircraft-over-mosul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-2369030879859143296Thu, 27 Nov 2014 04:56:00 +00002014-11-27T07:56:41.388+03:00Sisi's Army
The (once professional) Egyptian army under the reign of pharaoh Sisi boy demonstrating their battlefield skills.
Expect a swift crumbling of this Arab army too not so far in the future.
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http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/sisis-army.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-5633804373484856520Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:08:00 +00002014-11-25T22:08:26.809+03:00Sunni vs. Shi’ite: Why the U.S. plan to save Iraq is doomed to fail
A kool blog post from some former US State Department official in #Iraq, detailing Uncle Sammy's pipe dreams.
Some empires never learn their lessons, I guess.
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Present Iraq strategy delays, at great cost — in every definition of that word — the necessary long-term tristate solution. It is time to hasten it. The United States must use its influence with the Shi’ites tohttp://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/sunni-vs-shiite-why-us-plan-to-save.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-4512185581784865300Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:27:00 +00002014-11-23T18:27:39.149+03:00
Those 'moderate' Syrian rebels. LeL.
Keep those airstrikes coming, Uncle Sammy.
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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Islamic military groups are joining forces with Isis, which has gained control of swaths of Syria and Iraq and has beheaded six western hostages in the past few months.
Some brigades have transferred their allegiance to Isis, while others http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/those-moderate-syrian-rebels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-3251365154301319346Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:35:00 +00002014-11-23T17:35:29.496+03:00
Crooks and war pigs on both sides of the ocean rubbing their hands gleefully at the prospect of fresh arms deals to line up their pockets. One day you'll be forced to choke yourself on all that blood money, when it's worthless.
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Congress has approved several batches of arms sales to Iraq. The U.S. delivered the first batch of 140 refurbished Abrams tanks in 2012 in a http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/crooks-and-war-pigs-on-both-sides-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-2118320943308082655Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:18:00 +00002014-11-17T04:18:01.657+03:00Sinai Wilayet operations
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ٍSawlat al-Ansar, full video of rebel operations in the Sinai Wilayet against Sisi's army http://t.co/nqe2Idw672 فيديو صولة الانصار في سيناء
— ☡eyad Kasem ☝☪ زياد (@ZeyadKasim) November 17, 2014
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/sinai-wilayet-operations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-85740310719087513Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:37:00 +00002014-11-05T04:37:55.592+03:00
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Families that had been driven from their homes told us that when the militia arrived, they destroyed the families' homes. Former residents told us that those who have tried to return are accused of being Islamic State members or sympathizers; some were held by the militia for days, blindfolded, questioned, and beaten -- or simply disappeared.
In the http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/families-that-had-been-driven-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-5276071976504251604Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:05:00 +00002014-11-04T01:08:01.334+03:00Fvck Canada
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Canada just carried out its first airstrikes against Sunnis in Iraq near Fallujah.
Just remember, Cankies, don't cry too hard when the payback comes hard back home.
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/fvck-canada.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955727.post-4979735286222962790Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:52:00 +00002014-11-04T00:52:36.849+03:00
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Sunni families from Jurf al-Sakhar southwest of Baghdad herded and held hostage by the Shite army and militias after Sunni insurgents retreated from the town recently to rural areas in the west.
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/sunni-families-from-jurf-al-sakhar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Zeyad Kasem)0